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almoners

noun

plural of almoner
as in philanthropists

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  1. philanthropists
  2. benefactors
  3. donors
  4. fairy godmothers
  5. patrons
  6. angels
  7. sugar daddies
Noun
  • Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America, a bipartisan campaign founded by philanthropists Olivia and Tom Walton, announced a $100 million pledge Thursday to make giving birth in the United States safer.
    — Glenn Gamboa, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Western philanthropists, on the other hand, are surrounded by mature civil-society groups, and so are more content to just deliver funding through grants.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of philanthropists
Noun
  • Investing in infrastructure to boost revenue streams is wise, particularly at a club with no shareholders to act as benefactors.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Dolly Parton, one of the greatest benefactors to children in world history while also being a role model to those who were without them, had died at 80.
    — Choire Sicha, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of benefactors
Noun
  • Wealthy donors and philanthropic groups have reduced their support of many liberal causes since the 2024 presidential election.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Experts note that Italy’s extensive monitoring network, which tracks mosquitoes, birds, blood donors and human infections, also helps explain why the country detects so many cases.
    — Giada Zampano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of donors
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  • Storybook performances are the heartbeat of March Madness, but unlike the actual Cinderella, college basketball teams with aspirations to make a splash in the Big Dance don’t have fairy godmothers to cover the costs of running a basketball program.
    — Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • And with that, the modern Cinderella story continues—proving that sometimes, magic is less about fairy godmothers and more about persistence, pivots, and the courage to start building your own AI Agent.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Definition of fairy godmothers
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  • During the day, patrons sip beer outside while chatting with friends or searching through crates of music.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Over courses of ravioli, New York strip steak, and whole roasted artichokes, the duo laughed and chatted with family, patrons, Knicks fans, and Towns’s teammate Jordan Clarkson.
    — Clara Hillis, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of patrons
Noun
  • Trinity depicts three angels, symbolizing the Christian Trinity, visiting the prophet Abraham.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Like Rick Nelson’s fools, the Zellners also rush in where angels fear to tread, and their love for the bizarre, the cool and the crazy is, like the epidemic of emotions facing the Alpha Gang, wildly infectious.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of angels
Noun
  • These are people who are taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from their billionaire sugar daddies, like Harlan Crow.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
  • What was once an eye-catching clique of wayward teens bathed in purple hues has metamorphosed into a barren hellscape rife with drug-smuggling cartels, pistol-packin’ pimps, sugar daddies with mummification kinks and online streamers.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 24 May 2026
Definition of sugar daddies
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“Almoners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/almoners. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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